Give Me an A (or an M)

It is Commencement time. And time to say farewell to those chenille varsity letters that served as entre to those all-night beer parties and made the co-eds swoon. I won a letter once. A big “M” for McBurney. It didn’t make my life any better. It was for wrestling and the icon on the letter looked ape-like and demeaning (of apes). Yet in honor of this time of the year, here is an assortment of all-American letters – the most all-American typefaces there are.

About Steven Heller

Steven Heller is the co-chair of the SVA MFA Designer /Designer as Author + Entrepreneur program, writes frequently for Wired and Design Observer. He is also the author of over 170 books on design and visual culture. He received the 1999 AIGA Medal and is the 2011 recipient of the Smithsonian National Design Award.